I will never, ever forget the time Brian Cage was signed and made his big debut winning the ladder match and maybe 5 day later, he did a clean job to Darby Allin. That really summed up everything about AEW and Tony Khan's booking.
Guess you forgot more than you thought because when Brian Cage came into AEW he went on a winning streak and his first loss was a world title match against Jon Moxley, matter of fact his second loss was two months after his debut in a Tag Match.
Tony Khan has never gotten over his childhood. While other people his age were getting jobs, going out on dates, living time... Tony Khan was busy living off Daddy's money and booking his online wrestling stuff. Tony Khan is a perfect example of how being a mark is a negative.
Raven said this years ago. (He said Vince saw himself as Hogan and then Luger, and Heyman saw himself as Raven.) I've always noticed this about Tony and it's embarrassing. He has tiny guys beat huge guys clean, like Hobbs, Wardlow, Archer, etc. Tony sees it as himself overcoming "the big mean guy."
Ikr, Tony Khan is another Eric Bischoff, or worse. He pits big guys against small guys, no contest. He should put big guys against other big guys, and small guys against other small guys.
@@philwalsh8975 can you imagine little Tony Fn Clown screaming and kicking when other kids put the Razor Edge on his wrestlers and beat him in his favourite game?🤣🤣🤣🤣
It’s like he doesn’t want him to succeed in WWE, or wants to keep him from going there, and is willing to pay him to hide him in his little closet of misfit toys
@@raysiva Lets be fair here, if Brian Cage were to be signed by WWE - and I honestly don't think they have any interest in him whatsoever but let's say they do - if they made him take a Wellness Test, he'd blow up the fucking machine!! Dude's BILLED HEIGHT is 6ft ... so realistically he's probably 5ft 10" because they always boost the Billed Height! ... and look at him, he's an easy 260lbs on a 5ft 10" frame, and LEAN ... I can't imagine he'd be able to pass a piss test so I can't imagine they'd sign him - HOWEVER, that is also assuming they are even doing Wellness Tests these days! I know they did them legitimately at one point - remember when HHH got really soft and a bit "tubby" at one point? - but I think they may not be as stringent as they once were
I'm 5'6 Mexican and I was never into the smaller wrestlers. My idols were Hogan, Warrior, Lex Luger, Hercules, Konnan, etc. There's very few exceptions like Rey Mysterio but typically I don't wanna see wrestlers my fkn size lol
Tony Khan's insistence on talking about WWE in every single media appearance he does has turned him into a living meme. People block out everything he says until he mentions WWE, which is a lot more often than he should.
@@QAZ-OMEN even at the scrum last night, he was answering WWE questions. It's CRAZY that he won't ban them from being asked considering how often he refuses to answer other questions.
Tony Khan was so proud of his Forbidden Door that he never took into account that wrestlers not under contract can use that platform to gain WWE's awareness. Sounds like an oversight that he now wants to curtail at the cost of being wrestler friendly. Again, his focus is not where it needs to be which is why his audience continues to evaporate.
WWE just did a show in Jacksonville that outdrew anything AEW have done in months. Tony Khan is going to have a big meltdown during the next media scrum.
As the saying goes, WWE live rent free on his head-and they do it by just ignoring him. Drives him crazy that they won’t acknowledge him, “ Notice me senpai!”
Judging from Tony’s antisocial media comments and interviews, he is more focused on trying to pretend he is better than Bischoff and that AEW is better than WCW. Beyond that, yeah, he does have a few marginally attractive young ladies on the roster but he’s more into Hook, Cassidy and Luke Perry’s Arrogant Do Nothing spawn.
a huge percentage of wrestling fans actually have female partners watching with them... if them females are watching its best for their partner to see a Randy Orton than a Young Buck....
As a long time wrestling fan since 2002 when TNA was hot from 2005 to 2008 the wrestling fans weren’t nearly divided as a lot enjoyed both products which I think says a lot about how bad Tony is at running the company as he spends more time in being obsessed with wwe then his actual shows
Chris Jericho and Jon Moxley has failed to do anything positive for AEW in 5 years, almost 6, yet Tony Khan insists on pushing them and the sole reason has to be that they were once stars in WWE.
I don’t mind the Peter Parker or Rey Mysterio archetypes but only a very select few should be that. Darby Allin isn’t a large guy but he fights like a psychotic daredevil and has the charisma to be legit tough guy. Nick Wayne and Hook aren’t believable threats. I really tried to believe Hook was a legit tough guy but he hasn’t change since he first pop onto the screen.
Well, Tony Khan is pushing Shelton Benjamin and Bobby Lashley. No, wait.... Nevermind. Tony Khan doesn't push bigger Wrestlers. Shelton Benjamin was booked to job to or put over Kyle Fletcher, Daniel Garcia and Okada. Swerve Strickland will most likely win his rematch against Bobby Lashley.
Historically,smaller guys HAVE to have an abundance of charaisma: Shawn Michaels,Eddie Guerrero,Rey Mysterio,Chris Jericho…you can push smaller guys but they have to still have tons of personality. Pockets and Hook are no HBK and Eddie Guerrero.
Being small in height and small in stature are different though. All the guys you named have (or had, in Jericho’s case) great physiques. Darby, Cole, Cassidy and all of Tony’s darlings are petite. They don’t even look like the average man. They look like an average man could kick the shit out of them.
As much as Vince McMahon’s “body building fetish” has always been a joke…there is something to guys who look like action figures. Even Konnan wasnt the most muscular guy but if I saw him in the airport,id know he was somebody of importance. Disco too.
If you tall or muscular, you make Tony Khan remember that he's just a short little dork... and GOD HELP YOU if you happen to also get a ton of chicks on the side. That's a huge no-no when it comes to TK.
I don't know why they won't just create a smaller man division and keep them separate from the bigger guys... Oh wait... That makes too much sense. Nevermind.
I think one of reasons Vince pushed the bigger guys for a long time was it was easier for them to get over. The believability us also a big factor look at many wrestlers that got over and the different body types that get over much easier, and it's the big guts. Smaller guys can but they have to have more charisma than everyone else look at Rey, Eddie, Shawn, & Punk.
Vince not pushing his smaller guys was actually egregious though, because they were the most talented ones on his roster. Tony doesn’t have that problem.
That’s how all AEW matches are. It’s probably more on the agents or Tony than Brian Cage. All the big guys have competitive matches or actual losses to the little skinny short weak looking guys. I’m dreading the day Cassidy calls out Lashley.
@@raysiva I agree too a degree, but Cage has done that to himself since long before AEW... its just the indy mentality... everybody wants to get their shtt in, but they don't want to get heat so they let everybody else get their shtt in too.. so everything just ends up looking like backyard wrestling.
According to Steve from Wrestlejuice, Konnan stooged out Penta and Fenix to Tony Khan about wanting to sign with WWE FF to 8:05 th-cam.com/video/rmf0PajNoJU/w-d-xo.htmlsi=WxxCEbcinMYzxVCQ
Tony Khan is obsessed with WWE and Vince. but he doesn’t have the business and wrestling mind to be as successful or even be an equal to the brand. He buried his own product and “stars” to push generic and small guys
Tony Khan being as smart as he is should have studied the history of how WWE and WCW became bigger than life. There is a reason McMahon was able to stay as successful for 40 years. He was able to handle the talent and actually called the shots. There is a reason Bischoff was able to elevate WCW. He was able to handle the talent and actually called the shots. I don't see how this new generation dismisses an age old formula: The boss calls the shots, the employees listen. If you need 3 evps and Britt Baker whispering in your ear, then you need to hire someone who can do your job. For all those who criticized WWE corporate structure: did you ever ask why it is like that in the first place? It is to prevent the talent from bringing down their own company (aside from all the tax stuff). That's why teachers have their class rules, Military has its structure, and worksites have OSHA, to prevent that one person from messing it up for everybody. At AEW, as we now know, the talent has their way with the "boss" and are singlehandedly bringing down their company and blaming others. Imagine a podcast where Joe is telling Konnan and Disco what to do?
He pushes small guys to fufill his own fantasy he could as well. Also the women don't get as much time because he has no interest in women. As wrestlers or in any capacity
The only thing that matters is having talent connecting with the audience, big or small. Now if your roster is full of no charisma dorks, well yes, is more acceptable go with bigger guys to make believe is real
NXT is better than AEW. Shawn Michaels books big guys better than Coward Khan. 230lbs presents Guys are more believable and the Ultimate draw lile before.
Tony wants his company to be as drug free as possible and change the perception that pro wrestlers must be roided out and larger than life. A noble vision but the real issue is the bad booking and possible backstage politics.
Tony khan unliek you worsk int he wrestling busaienss so he has to knoe about eveything in every company. he's a great booker and the jelaosuly for have for him is too much now.
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I will never, ever forget the time Brian Cage was signed and made his big debut winning the ladder match and maybe 5 day later, he did a clean job to Darby Allin.
That really summed up everything about AEW and Tony Khan's booking.
Guess you forgot more than you thought because when Brian Cage came into AEW he went on a winning streak and his first loss was a world title match against Jon Moxley, matter of fact his second loss was two months after his debut in a Tag Match.
@@Abel646 When Brian Cage came into AEW he went on a winning streak. His second loss was two months after his debut.
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It was either Darby or my dog Pockets.
Don’t forget, he lost a girl in tna after that he got ruined
Tony Khan has never gotten over his childhood. While other people his age were getting jobs, going out on dates, living time... Tony Khan was busy living off Daddy's money and booking his online wrestling stuff.
Tony Khan is a perfect example of how being a mark is a negative.
Raven said this years ago. (He said Vince saw himself as Hogan and then Luger, and Heyman saw himself as Raven.)
I've always noticed this about Tony and it's embarrassing. He has tiny guys beat huge guys clean, like Hobbs, Wardlow, Archer, etc. Tony sees it as himself overcoming "the big mean guy."
"A lot of AEW wrestlers look like the fans" nailed it
Ikr, Tony Khan is another Eric Bischoff, or worse. He pits big guys against small guys, no contest. He should put big guys against other big guys, and small guys against other small guys.
I find it strange that Tony Khan is so obsessed with WWE yet has learned absolutely nothing from it
He learned by playing Raw on Sega genesis.😂😂😂😂😂 He was Luna😂😂😂😂😂
@andisuge unbelievable pull
@@andisugeBravo. I actually think he created himself exactly as he looks and set all his stats to 100 lol
@@raysiva He should've picked DOINK.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@philwalsh8975 can you imagine little Tony Fn Clown screaming and kicking when other kids put the Razor Edge on his wrestlers and beat him in his favourite game?🤣🤣🤣🤣
AEW ironically poaches more NJPW talent than WWE these days. Tony's still butthurt about Vaquer.
What I don't get about Brian Cage is that Tony Khan keeps re-signing him for more & more money yet refuses to book him.
It’s like he doesn’t want him to succeed in WWE, or wants to keep him from going there, and is willing to pay him to hide him in his little closet of misfit toys
It’s because Tony is scared of Brian’s wife, Melissa santos, chewing him out again.
@@raysiva Lets be fair here, if Brian Cage were to be signed by WWE - and I honestly don't think they have any interest in him whatsoever but let's say they do - if they made him take a Wellness Test, he'd blow up the fucking machine!! Dude's BILLED HEIGHT is 6ft ... so realistically he's probably 5ft 10" because they always boost the Billed Height! ... and look at him, he's an easy 260lbs on a 5ft 10" frame, and LEAN ... I can't imagine he'd be able to pass a piss test so I can't imagine they'd sign him - HOWEVER, that is also assuming they are even doing Wellness Tests these days! I know they did them legitimately at one point - remember when HHH got really soft and a bit "tubby" at one point? - but I think they may not be as stringent as they once were
It makes no sense. WWE will never sign him. But maybe it's to keep BC away from TNA
@@QAZ-OMEN he'll never EVER pass their drug testing policy.
I'm 5'6 Mexican and I was never into the smaller wrestlers. My idols were Hogan, Warrior, Lex Luger, Hercules, Konnan, etc. There's very few exceptions like Rey Mysterio but typically I don't wanna see wrestlers my fkn size lol
the giants are who catches everyone's attention at the start.
Bigger, muscular, fat, etc are more believable!!
Ultimately Agreed, Guys who are 230lbs presents and rely more on Strength are considers as believable
Tony Khan's insistence on talking about WWE in every single media appearance he does has turned him into a living meme. People block out everything he says until he mentions WWE, which is a lot more often than he should.
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@@Former_Employee Stop being desperate for attention, it only backfires.
TK promotes WWE better than his own company. It's really funny.
@@QAZ-OMEN even at the scrum last night, he was answering WWE questions. It's CRAZY that he won't ban them from being asked considering how often he refuses to answer other questions.
Tony pushes nerds like him lmao ☠️
Takes one to know one. And we all nerds. Only nerds would be posting about this.
@ yeah your a tony for sure lmao 💩
If Tony Khan was smart, on the next Dynamite he should book the AEW title on Bobby Lashley.
Tony Khan was so proud of his Forbidden Door that he never took into account that wrestlers not under contract can use that platform to gain WWE's awareness. Sounds like an oversight that he now wants to curtail at the cost of being wrestler friendly. Again, his focus is not where it needs to be which is why his audience continues to evaporate.
WWE just did a show in Jacksonville that outdrew anything AEW have done in months. Tony Khan is going to have a big meltdown during the next media scrum.
As the saying goes, WWE live rent free on his head-and they do it by just ignoring him. Drives him crazy that they won’t acknowledge him, “ Notice me senpai!”
It’s wrestling’s Revenge of the Nerds. But instead of the nerd getting the girl, they get the belt.
Judging from Tony’s antisocial media comments and interviews, he is more focused on trying to pretend he is better than Bischoff and that AEW is better than WCW. Beyond that, yeah, he does have a few marginally attractive young ladies on the roster but he’s more into Hook, Cassidy and Luke Perry’s Arrogant Do Nothing spawn.
Tony Khan's an idiot, I think Bret Hart would agree with me on that. And looks like a goof on the picture.
a huge percentage of wrestling fans actually have female partners watching with them...
if them females are watching its best for their partner to see a Randy Orton than a Young Buck....
Tony loves the little men. Seeing Big Bill get tosses around by a small guy makes fans roll their eyes and walk away.
Absolutely. Watching Hook vs Bill was an instant change of channel moment.
As a long time wrestling fan since 2002 when TNA was hot from 2005 to 2008 the wrestling fans weren’t nearly divided as a lot enjoyed both products which I think says a lot about how bad Tony is at running the company as he spends more time in being obsessed with wwe then his actual shows
Being a fan since 2002 isn't long time in wrestling. That's like 10 minutes ago
@@Maegickmikeforsure guy. Typical wrestling fan having to downplay how much fake fighting someone has watched🤦
@@Maegickmike 20+ years is a long time, Goobz...and that's coming from someone who's been watching since about '86...
@not long enough? Dude that’s almost twenty three years I started watching in 2001 if over twenty years isn’t long enough I don’t know what is
Been saying for the longest that TK books creative like he was bullied as a kid and takes it out against the bigger wrestlers.
Chris Jericho and Jon Moxley has failed to do anything positive for AEW in 5 years, almost 6, yet Tony Khan insists on pushing them and the sole reason has to be that they were once stars in WWE.
These pictures are hilarious😂😂😂
I don’t mind the Peter Parker or Rey Mysterio archetypes but only a very select few should be that. Darby Allin isn’t a large guy but he fights like a psychotic daredevil and has the charisma to be legit tough guy. Nick Wayne and Hook aren’t believable threats. I really tried to believe Hook was a legit tough guy but he hasn’t change since he first pop onto the screen.
Well, Tony Khan is pushing Shelton Benjamin and Bobby Lashley. No, wait.... Nevermind. Tony Khan doesn't push bigger Wrestlers.
Shelton Benjamin was booked to job to or put over Kyle Fletcher, Daniel Garcia and Okada.
Swerve Strickland will most likely win his rematch against Bobby Lashley.
Historically,smaller guys HAVE to have an abundance of charaisma: Shawn Michaels,Eddie Guerrero,Rey Mysterio,Chris Jericho…you can push smaller guys but they have to still have tons of personality. Pockets and Hook are no HBK and Eddie Guerrero.
Being small in height and small in stature are different though. All the guys you named have (or had, in Jericho’s case) great physiques. Darby, Cole, Cassidy and all of Tony’s darlings are petite. They don’t even look like the average man. They look like an average man could kick the shit out of them.
@drillosophy1012 Agreed and I say that as a “Smaller guy”. I dont wanna see ppl who look like me on my wrestling
Yes, i do think that's a big reason. Aew fans could also stop obsessing over WWE, too.
As much as Vince McMahon’s “body building fetish” has always been a joke…there is something to guys who look like action figures. Even Konnan wasnt the most muscular guy but if I saw him in the airport,id know he was somebody of importance. Disco too.
Bro these AI thumbnails are getting more realistic and scarier everyday... Especially the Tony Khan thumbnails 🤣🤣🤣
I'm pretty sure Disco himself has said this before... i know i have. lol
If you tall or muscular, you make Tony Khan remember that he's just a short little dork... and GOD HELP YOU if you happen to also get a ton of chicks on the side.
That's a huge no-no when it comes to TK.
Tony is jealous of the women getting the men he wants. Not the guys getting the girls
I don't know why they won't just create a smaller man division and keep them separate from the bigger guys... Oh wait... That makes too much sense. Nevermind.
Glenn acting like that's some revelation, is why hes considered an idiot
Anyone over 6 feet and 180 lbs that sign with AEW are just plain stupid.
Tony Clown Bro! Go Home Bro! Go Sleep Bro!😂😂😂😂😂😂
Vince Russo gave The Clown the best advice EVEEEEEER.
🙂👍 Yes Tony is living vicariously through the smallest wrestlers he can find.
I think one of reasons Vince pushed the bigger guys for a long time was it was easier for them to get over. The believability us also a big factor look at many wrestlers that got over and the different body types that get over much easier, and it's the big guts. Smaller guys can but they have to have more charisma than everyone else look at Rey, Eddie, Shawn, & Punk.
Vince not pushing his smaller guys was actually egregious though, because they were the most talented ones on his roster. Tony doesn’t have that problem.
I don't remember seeing Brian Cage win a singles match in aew
Or maybe Tony pushes the small nerdy guys because Tony is a nerd
Brian Cage kinda buries himself because he lets guys get to much in on him.
That’s how all AEW matches are. It’s probably more on the agents or Tony than Brian Cage. All the big guys have competitive matches or actual losses to the little skinny short weak looking guys. I’m dreading the day Cassidy calls out Lashley.
@@raysiva I agree too a degree, but Cage has done that to himself since long before AEW... its just the indy mentality... everybody wants to get their shtt in, but they don't want to get heat so they let everybody else get their shtt in too.. so everything just ends up looking like backyard wrestling.
Tony sees himself as the AWA champion. Probably trained by Greg Gagne.
According to Steve from Wrestlejuice, Konnan stooged out Penta and Fenix to Tony Khan about wanting to sign with WWE
FF to 8:05 th-cam.com/video/rmf0PajNoJU/w-d-xo.htmlsi=WxxCEbcinMYzxVCQ
Tony Khan is obsessed with WWE and Vince. but he doesn’t have the business and wrestling mind to be as successful or even be an equal to the brand. He buried his own product and “stars” to push generic and small guys
Tony Khan being as smart as he is should have studied the history of how WWE and WCW became bigger than life. There is a reason McMahon was able to stay as successful for 40 years. He was able to handle the talent and actually called the shots. There is a reason Bischoff was able to elevate WCW. He was able to handle the talent and actually called the shots. I don't see how this new generation dismisses an age old formula: The boss calls the shots, the employees listen. If you need 3 evps and Britt Baker whispering in your ear, then you need to hire someone who can do your job.
For all those who criticized WWE corporate structure: did you ever ask why it is like that in the first place? It is to prevent the talent from bringing down their own company (aside from all the tax stuff). That's why teachers have their class rules, Military has its structure, and worksites have OSHA, to prevent that one person from messing it up for everybody. At AEW, as we now know, the talent has their way with the "boss" and are singlehandedly bringing down their company and blaming others. Imagine a podcast where Joe is telling Konnan and Disco what to do?
AEW is Tony's fantasy projection of him secretly being a tough guy. I guarantee you, in his mind, he is the guy under the Hologram mask.
From the casuals I have heard from, many miss the steroid era guys who looked larger than life.
These AI images are kinda annoying and creepy
Extremely
I just wanna know what started this obsession with WWE? Is it that WWE is putting better content or is it something else
He pushes small guys to fufill his own fantasy he could as well.
Also the women don't get as much time because he has no interest in women. As wrestlers or in any capacity
Revenge of the Nerds booking. That’s exactly what Tony is doing. So obvious
The only thing that matters is having talent connecting with the audience, big or small. Now if your roster is full of no charisma dorks, well yes, is more acceptable go with bigger guys to make believe is real
Revenge of the Nerds
Who are the 2 AI goons in the background supposed to be?
goons
VINCE THOUGHT BIG GUYS ARE MORE BELIEVE ABLE... THATS ALL
I dunno, Konnan, have you seen AEW fans?
Vince was a roid addict and. Khan is a virgin nerd
Tony likes to see little guys like him kick big guys asses cause he likes to think he can too, lol,
NXT is better than AEW. Shawn Michaels books big guys better than Coward Khan. 230lbs presents Guys are more believable and the Ultimate draw lile before.
Tony Khan knows more about WWE than Triple H. It has to be driving him insane that WWE is just owning AEW on every single possible level.
This is absurd
Tony wants his company to be as drug free as possible and change the perception that pro wrestlers must be roided out and larger than life. A noble vision but the real issue is the bad booking and possible backstage politics.
People still watch this trash?
Tony khan unliek you worsk int he wrestling busaienss so he has to knoe about eveything in every company. he's a great booker and the jelaosuly for have for him is too much now.
This comment alone shows why this mudshow of a company is never going to change for the better y’all like Tony are a bunch of clowns 🤡.
Tony is in love with Daniel Garcia, it's obvious.